UPSTREAM - ADVANCED - UNIT 4

Rezolvarea exercitiilor  din manualul de limba engleza intitulat UPSTREAM ADVANCED C1, Student’s Book,  Editura Express Publishing, Autori Virginia Evans si Lynda Edwards, Editia 2003

UPSTREAM ADVANCED C1

UNIT 4 – GROWING CONCERNS

LEAD-IN PAGE 73

2. a.

1. D
2. C
3. E
4. B
5. A

READING PAGES 74-75

1.a.

I can see you… Is a phrase that many mothers use with their children, often when they are doing something wrong. In this context we hear it in our heads with that slightly playful but deadly serious tone and it scares us. The use of the first person in the article headings is designed to make this idea of surveillance very personal and frightening, the idea that someone is watching us all the time, monitoring our every movement, like Big Brother of Science Fiction. It seems as if we are being stalked.

1.c.

1. We may mistakenly believe we have these

2. Searching crowds with cameras to find persistent offenders who are on a list

3. controlling traffic/tracking criminals

4. keeping records of everyone to check against

5. tracking people through their mobiles

6. tracking people through their credit cards

1.d.

1. C
2. D
3. E
4. A
5. E
6. D
7. A
8. B
9. D
10. B
11. B
12. D
13. C
14. A

2.

Track – follow

Booming – flourishing

Spokesperson – representative

Prohibit – forbid

Indicator – gauge

Precision – accuracy

Invasive – intrusive

3.

Curtains are twitching – As when neighbours watch from their windows

To scan – to read quickly

Near Orwellian surveillance – As in 1984 where each citizen was constantly being watched

LANGUAGE FOCUS – PAGES 76 – 79

1. a.

1. a
2. b
3. h
4. g
5. c
6. d
7. f
8. m
9. i
10. l
11. e
12. j
13. k

3. a.

1. court warning
2. capital punishment
3. prison term
4. parole
5. fine
6. community service
7. probation
8. Revocation of a privilege

4.b.

1. charities
2. represented
3. pressure
4. committed
5. leading
6. vision
7. potential
8. authorities
9. aim
10. suffered

5

1. produced
2. suitable
3. handle
4. kept
5. change
6. fired
7. rarity
8. direction
9. though
10. functions

6

1. break out of prison
2. make/take a stand on/against sth
3. make an arrest
4. pay for one’s crime
5. make amends for
6. do one’s bit
7. take the blame
8. pay a fine/penalty
9. pass/break a law
10. lay down the law
11. do/serve time in prison
12. serve sb with a warrant
13. commit a crime
14. plead guilty
15. reach a verdict
16. give evidence

7.a.

On the fringes – of society

Take the law into – one’s own hands

Kill two birds – with one stone

Throw oneself on – the mercy of the court

Bridge the – generation gap

The law of – the jungle

Rob Peter – to pay Paul

Make a – killing on sth

Charity – begins at home

7.b.

2. had made a killing

3. kill two birds with one stone

4. the law of the jungle

5. on the fringes of society

6. charity begins at home

7. robbing Peter to pay Paul

8. bridge the generation gap

9. threw himself on the mercy of the court

10. take the law into his own hands

8.

1. guide
2. discussion
3. native
4. power
5. jail
6. heavy

10.

2. over

3. in

4. away

5. back

6. out

7. on

8. down

LISTENING & SPEAKING – PAGES 80 – 81

1.b.

1.       several programmes

2.      24, twenty-four

3.      concern(s)

4.      hundreds

5.      cultures

6.      four hours

7.      half a dozen, six, 6

8.     leaflet

2.b

1. government research
2. 30mph/thirty mile-an-hour/speed
3. prison penalties/sentences
4. inadequate
5. excessive speeding
6. existing law
7. has (been) halved
8. (made) reasonable/reviewed

3.a.

A. a politician: unemployment, the economy, homelessness, etc.

B. a security officer: shoplifting, robbery, breaking and entering, etc.

C. an army officer: civil unrest

D. a student: jobs, (un)employment, money, housing & almost anything else

E. a journalist: (almost anything)

F. an actor: funding for the arts, any fashionable issue

G. a novelist: should be interested in most social issues

H. a doctor: the state of the health service, government funding, more hospitals, etc.

3.b.

Task 1: 1 D    2 C   3 A   4 B    5 F

Task 2: 6 B   7 C   8 A    9 D   10 H

7.

b. I’ve just heard that I have to rewrite my essay on constitutional law.

c. I had a slight accident last night – I crashed my car.

d. I’m just calling to say that I won’t be able to make it this weekend after all; my uncle died yesterday.

e. My landlord’s threatened to throw me out if I don’t pay him what I owe him by next week.

READING – PAGES 82-83

1. a.

Judgement day is from the Bible and refers to the day when we must all be judged and pay for our sins. The writer uses it here because many people will have to answer for their crimes in court and they will learn the consequences of their actions.

1.b.

Traffic fine, shoplifting, driving uninsured

2.a.

1.       E

2.      G

3.      F

4.      B

5.      A

6.      C

4.

lad – boy

conferred – deliberated

ancient- elderly

tricky – tough

misery – sadness

articulate – eloquent

mandatory – obligatory

baffling – bewildering

5.

1. it looks serious and threatening
2. what passes through the court is not just driving offences
3. the vicious circle of misery, weakness, crime. Conveyor belt suggests the inevitability of it all.
4. he puts his case well, like an actor who has to convince an audience.
5. deal with him quickly
6. fine, upstanding, honest men
7. the writer wants something more interesting/entertaining.

ENGLISH IN USE – PAGES 84 – 87

1.

1. Which painting was eventually chosen?
2. The arrangements will be changed again.
3. Smoking is known to be dangerous.
4. This bill must be paid on time.
5. They didn’t allow him to buy it.
6. Will they/somebody make them leave?
7. I don’t like being laughed at.
8. Don’t let her negative attitude discourage you.
9. He was made to show them his ID card.
10.  The report has been thrown away.
11. Will he be appointed as the new chairman?
12. People think the man escaped through the window.

2.

1. with
2. by
3. with
4. by
5. by
6. with
7. by
8. by
9. with
10. with

3.

2. … having the house rewired …

3. … is having his car repaired …

4. … can get him …

5. …I’m having my flat …

6. … she’s had her hair cut …

7. … getting him to change his mind …

8. … have the lawnmower fixed …

9. … get the TV mended …

10. … has had his house burgled …

5.

2. g

3. h

4. c

5. e

6. d

7. b

8. a

6.

1.       E

2.      D

3.      C

4.      I

5.      A

6.      G

7.

1. ingredients ?
2. attempts
3. Italian
4. ok
5. ok
6. recently
7. ok
8. led
9. necessary
10. electronically

8.

1. C
2. D
3. B
4. A
5. A
6. C
7. B
8. B
9. D
10. A
11. D
12. C
13. C
14. A
15. B

9.a.

Person noun: -, advisor, suspect, -, friend, volunteer

Verb: accept, advise, suspect, grow, befriend, volunteer

Adjective: acceptable, advisable, suspicious, growing, friendly, voluntary

Abstract noun: acceptance, advice, suspicion, growth, friendship, -

9.b.

Uncommon, inflexible, immovable, unemotional, displeased, improbable, disagreeable, impatient, illegal, unapproachable

9.c.

Readable, presidential, persistent, persuasive, attractive, visual, residential, stationary

10.

1. operation
2. (in)valuable
3. beneficial
4. development
5. supportive
6. willingness
7. participant
8. movement
9. regardless
10. specifically
11. elimination
12. supporters
13. impartial
14. persuasion
15. membership

WRITING – PAGES 88 – 92

2. a.

1. led to
2. wide range of
3. in favour of
4. members of the public
5. focused on
6. all in all
7. the main issues
8. unanimously agreed

2.b.

1.       the main issues

2.      wide range of

3.      in favour of

4.      led to

5.      focused on

6.      unanimously agreed

7.      members of the public

8.     all in all

1.       T

2.      F

3.      T

4.      T

5.      T

6.      F

7.      T

8.     T

9.      F

10.  T

3. a.

1. c
2. e
3. b
4. a
5. d

4.a.

12-to-15-year-olds

With the exception of very rare instances, there were a relatively small number of crimes committed by children under the age of twelve. In the twelve to fifteen age group, there has been an alarming increase in the number of crimes committed. By far the most serious of these include knife attacks, which have been carried out by offenders as young as thirteen. In terms of statistics, however, the most frequently committed crimes are shoplifting and petty theft. Our organization believes that unless prompt action is taken, we are likely to see a sharp increase in these figures in the near future.

4.b.

16-to-19-year-olds

The crimes which are committed (the) most in this age group are vehicle theft and driving offences. On average, (over/around/at least) three cars are stolen each day by people under 20. In addition, (the) magistrates courts (have to) deal with up to 200 cases of reckless driving and driving without a licence (per day). The majority of these cases involve teenagers. The only way to/that we can prevent such crimes is by severely punishing offenders. The effect of this would be to deter others.

8.a.

1. Introduction
2. World Debt
3. Crime
4. Environmental Concerns
5. Benefits

SELF-ASSESSMENT MODULE 2

1.a.

1. C
2. A
3. D
4. B
5. A
6. D
7. B
8. C
9. B
10. B
11. A
12. D
13. D
14. B
15. C

1. b

1. hadn’t been done
2. was leaving the bedroom
3. being given
4. went out/would take me, etc.
5. were beaten

2.

1. its
2. if
3. ok
4. the
5. ok
6. year
7. over
8. had
9. though
10. ok
11. was
12. wide
13. to
14. were
15. these
16. ok

3.

1. D
2. G
3. B
4. F
5. A
6. C

4.

1. C
2. B
3. A
4. H
5. E
6. C
7. F
8. D
9. A
10. E